The classfile API proposal notes that class file generation, parsing, and instrumentation are ubiquitous in the Java ecosystem, with many tools and libraries needing to process class files.

Oracle has announced the release of Java 24, which adds several new features to the language, such as the availability of the Stream Gatherers API and Class-File API, and new features designed for ...

Processing streams and insight into classes. Java 24 finalizes two important features, with Stream Gatherers and the Class-File API. Both have had two previews each in Java 22 and Java 23.. Stream ...

Aside from loading classes from the classpath, the application class loader also loads classes generated at runtime, like those created by the Java Reflection API or third-party libraries that use ...

As a part of the Java EE 8 platform, JPA 2.2 includes support for streaming query results, injecting managed beans into attribute converters, repeating annotations, and working with classes in the ...

The release of Java SE 15 in Sept 2020 will introduce "sealed classes" (JEP 360) as a preview feature. A sealed class is a class or interface which restricts which other classes or interfaces may ...

Sealed classes make Java an even more powerful and expressive language and set the stage for even more sophisticated techniques such as pattern matching, which we'll explore in a subsequent article. A ...

That's where JEP 454 comes in. First previewed in Java 19 and delivered in Java 22, it introduces the Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API, which is designed to address those limitations and usher in a ...

Not only is this API not sufficient to create any useful telephony applications, it also is rather inconsistent. There is no clear architecture behind the class structure, and it is not obvious how ...

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news ...